2012-05-01
Original: 2012-05-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bald man with a gray beard, a woman with long red hair, and a man with a gray beard and green jacket stand together. A fourth man with glasses is seen from behind in the foreground.
Bald man: WHY DO WE EVEN NEED MARKETING? THEY JUST MAKE EVERYTHING DUMB.
Bearded man in green jacket: MAN, YOU'RE RIGHT! LET'S START A COMPANY WHERE PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED, BUILT, AND MARKETED BY ENGINEERS.
Panel 2:
A billboard stands by a road, showing a tablet device.
Billboard text: Introducing. MAGNATABLET
"If the user interface is confusing, it's because you're stupid."
Votey:
User manual not included because user manuals are for wusses.
A bald man with a gray beard, a woman with long red hair, and a man with a gray beard and green jacket stand together. A fourth man with glasses is seen from behind in the foreground.
Bald man: WHY DO WE EVEN NEED MARKETING? THEY JUST MAKE EVERYTHING DUMB.
Bearded man in green jacket: MAN, YOU'RE RIGHT! LET'S START A COMPANY WHERE PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED, BUILT, AND MARKETED BY ENGINEERS.
Panel 2:
A billboard stands by a road, showing a tablet device.
Billboard text: Introducing. MAGNATABLET
"If the user interface is confusing, it's because you're stupid."
Votey:
User manual not included because user manuals are for wusses.
Alt text
Two-panel comic. Panel one: a group of people at a gathering. A bald man says, "Why do we even need marketing? They just make everything dumb." A bearded man in a green jacket enthusiastically replies, "Man, you're right! Let's start a company where products are designed, built, and marketed by engineers." Panel two: a roadside billboard advertises a tablet device. The billboard reads "Introducing. MAGNATABLET" with the tagline, "If the user interface is confusing, it's because you're stupid." The joke is that engineer-driven marketing would be hostile and blame the customer. Votey (aftercomic): a line of text reading "User manual not included because user manuals are for wusses."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.